B
Evidence Grade B
Graded
under review
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Recent
42%
42% -- adult smoking rate for US adults (2025)
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Evidence graded
Value
42%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2025
Entity
Geography
US
Evidence Quality
B
Strong, reliable evidence
Sourced from a well-regarded research firm or industry leader with transparent methodology and a reasonably large sample.
Single source - not yet corroborated
Score breakdown
Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
placebased.media
Primary
Tier B
https://placebased.media/blog/what-do-you-mean-by-public-health ↗
Source Article
What Is Public Health? Definition, Examples & Impact | PlaceBased — placebased
What Do You Mean by Public Health?
Understanding the True Meaning of Public Health
Every time you buckle your seatbelt, drink fluoridated tap water, or walk past a "no smoking" sign, you're experiencing public health in action. Yet if someone asked you to define public health, you might struggle to …
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placebased.media
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Methodology
Historical trend cited; current rate <12%
Methodology documented
Segmentation
Industrymedia_entertainment
RegionUS
RoleAll marketers
Channelcontent
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US adults: 42% adult smoking rate. Source: placebased.media (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/us-adult-smoking-rate-decline
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/us-adult-smoking-rate-decline" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>42%</strong> -- adult smoking rate for US adults<br><small>Source: placebased.media (2025) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/us-adult-smoking-rate-decline" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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